Question

【題目】Around twenty years ago I was living in York. Although I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree, I could not find 【1】______(satisfy) work.

I was driving a school bus to make ends meet and living with a friend of 【2】_____(me), for I had lost my flat. I had attended five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs, they called to say I did not get the job. "Why has my life become so hard?" I thought 【3】_____(pain).

【4】______ I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl, she handed me an earring 【5】______(say) that I should keep it in case somebody claimed it. The earring 【6】_____ (paint) black and said "BE HAPPY".

At first I got angry. Then it hit me — I had been 【7】____(give) all of my attention to what was going wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to add more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for me 【8】_____ a lady who was a director at a larger hospital. She asked me 【9】_____ I would give a one-day lecture on stress 【10】______(manage) to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My day there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of thinking that I completely changed my life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】satisfying

【2】mine

【3】painfully

【4】As/When

【5】saying

【6】was painted

【7】giving

【8】from

【9】if/whether

【10】management

【解析】

試題分析：作者通過自己的親身經(jīng)歷告訴我們改變看待生活的方式就會改變生活。

【1】satisfying.考查形容詞。此處修飾名詞work用形容詞，work指物用-ing形式指“令人滿意的工作”，故填satisfying。

【2】mine.考查代詞。此處指“我的一個朋友”用a friend of mine，故填mine。

【3】painfully.考查副詞。此處修飾動詞thought用副詞，指“痛苦地想”，故填painfully。

【4】As/When.考查連詞。此處指當停車接上一個小女孩時，引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句。故填As/When。

【5】saying.考查非謂語動詞。句中主語she和動詞say是主動關(guān)系，此處作狀語用-ing形式，故填saying。

【6】was painted.考查時態(tài)和語態(tài)。句中主語The earring和動詞是被動關(guān)系，指耳環(huán)被漆成黑色；根據(jù)全文時態(tài)用過去時，此處用過去時的被動，故填was painted。

【7】giving.考查時態(tài)。此處指我過去一直把注意力都集中在了生活的不順方面，表示一直進行沒有間斷的動作用過去完成進行時，故填giving。

【8】from.考查介詞。此處表示來自一位夫人的電話，故填from。

【9】if/whether.考查連詞。此處指她問我是否愿意給200名醫(yī)療工作者做一個一天的演講。表示征求意見，故填if/whether。

【10】management.考查名詞。此處指演講內(nèi)容是關(guān)于壓力管理的，即怎樣緩解壓力。故填management。